Thesaurus: memoirs
A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.
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- n. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.
- n. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness.
- n. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.
- 1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2. 2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. 3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.
- n an account of the author's personal experiences n an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic